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Research, Recognition, and Reach: Faculty in the Spotlight

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From distinguished fellowships and international conferences to influential research and publications, ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ scholars are leaving their mark on a wide range of fields.
Their accomplishments over the summer underscore the College’s enduring tradition of intellectual leadership and creativity.
Book cover: Emily Wilson's translation of  Homer's Iliad

Henry Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek Barbara Weiden Boyd joined renowned translator Emily Wilson for the Pascal Hall Authors Series in Rockport, Maine, in July—a celebration of classical literature and scholarship.


Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Margaret Boyle has been named a . The theme of the fall workshop and spring art exhibition is the dual meaning of spine—anatomical and that which unites the pages of a book.


Professor of Education Charles Dorn is serving on the organizing committee for an international conference, “,” September 10–12, 2025, in Hanover, Germany.


 The paper, "TRPML2 in Distinct States Reveals the Activation and Modulation Principles of the TRPML Family," by Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Michael Fine has been published in Nature Communications.


 

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Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies Matthew Klingle was a consulting scholar on "Improving Diabetes Care: Cultural Contexts, Global Comparisons, and Colonial Legacies," a report by the Cultural Contexts of Health and Wellbeing Initiative at Vanderbilt University.

Earth and oceanographic sciences professor Michèle LaVigne’s research on the Gulf of Maine, funded by NSF and Maine Sea Grant, was . Her work reveals how warming waters may buffer ocean acidification—for now.